Installing and Uninstalling Applications.

January 11th, 2008

Before you can use any application, you often ought to create an installation using a software installer.

When you get some solution, it is usually shipped in an packed distributive form.

For developers there are ample possibilities to make their releases more successful with the help of commercial or freely distributed software installer.

If you work with Windows operation system, you can take advantage of Microsoft Windows Installer that helps developers making install with ease.

IntstallShield and SetupBuilder are two more installation software solutions for Microsoft Windows system.

The majority of such applications make packages that offer a typical experience for users installing different programs.

Not happy with commercial installation creator applications? Those who prefer open source programs could have a look at Innosetup and some more solutions that can be obtained freely.

These days software becomes multisystem.

Developers often find the job of making install setups for each of the platforms to be quite challenging.

If each installation creator for each system be it Linux, Windows XP, Mac OS or a different platform was developed separately, it would require quality assurance,i.e. extra time in development and testing to assure a satisfactory experience to users.

Luckily, there are also cross-platform installation software programs.

For instance, InstallAnywhere which is a commercial setup creator, or an open source Java install maker for different platforms named IzPack.

If we speak of installers, we should also say a few words about their cousins,that is uninstallers.

Some years ago many programs could not be uninstalled correctly without the help of dedicated 3rd-party programs.

Third-party uninstallers are rarely used in such a way now, because they are sometimes less effective than standard uninstallers.

Nonetheless 3rd-party uninstallers have not vanished just yet.

Another reason is that a few programs prefer not to get rid of themselves completely leaving some files behind.

One more difficulty that such applications can help with is erasing Trojan and spyware.

If the program you have just installed seems to have some unusual intentions, a third party uninstaller might prove to be the thing you need.

If you care to find a better way to supervise cache memory or temporary data uninstallers are what you need.

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